Card-drying stand



Dec. 6, 1927. h C. L. GESTRINE CARD DRYING STAND ,Filed July 1o. 1925 vZ.

Il lNvENToR WITNESSES ATTO RN EY ZUM Patented Dec. 6,1927. Y I

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l f Lppncation lefiqul'yio, 1925-.v .sum1rmi-'411,'131---i Thisinvention yrelates to4 `card "drying stands.'v

The object isv to provide a simple, Vstrong and cheaply manufacturedstand for! ref' Y ceiving and holding cardsV or platesfor the A n I anyavailabley spaceall,V over the roomzvor.

studio, which.: often resulft'slin damage to thev 'i wet cardsbybeingaccidentallyknocked orkr Vblown over.' i '1 l Y p proveddevice hasvgreat capacity, taking, but smallainount of' room, and the.V movedvabout so as to purpose. ofal-lo-wing the sarne-toddry...

i The invention fis designed particularlyV for Vu-seby'- artists, showcard writ ersl photoga raphers or others doing worltwhich 1s ref.

quired to be set aside carefully andlieldlfrom falling or contactingwith'any object, or with each other, during thcjmore or lesswslow vicefor accomplishing these purposes which process of drying of theink,film, paint, or,4 other lcoatingfwhile the operator may pro-j l l Y yport 1 preferablyformed of light, vstrongk ceed with. his work.

. A further object is to provide-A sucha deL may rest firmly and rigidlyupon the'y Hoor or table takingup a minimum amount of space, andyetoffering a maximum amount of capacity for yholding cards, etc. thelatter being easily andy quickly inserted into engaginvention maybeobtained from a considerar ing-position with the stand` and asreadilyremoved [therefrom in groups, ifr desired,y when the same are driedgthussaving timel and labor usuallyspent in gathering, handling, sorting andgrouping the same.

A. full and complete,understanding ofthe tion of the following detaileddescription,

Y takenin'connectionwith the accompanying drawing forming a part of thisspecification; it being understood that'V while the drawing shows apractical form of the`invention, the latter is not to be confinedtostrict conformity with the showing thereof, but may be changed ormodified, so long as Y such changes or. modifications Ymark nomaterialdeparture from the salient features of the invention, asspecifically pointed out in fthe appended claim. l

f In the drawing, in which similar reference characters designatecorresponding parts throughout the several figures l Figure. l is aperspective view of the improved card drying standard showing severalVcards being held thereby; l Figure 2 is an enlarged vertical sectionshowing the manner of connecting the main post tothe base member.

Thedrying rack or stand of the presentl Vinvention may be made `invarying sizes vhaving diiierent capacities for use by different artistsfor holding signsor cards, that illustrated in the drawing being of a-'suitable styleV for show card writers,`where the'artist Pfgdus Such,Cards in: a-relativeiy rapidi ratei-@Md where,. he muststand the, Sameto dry ,While` he proceeds'. withjthe writing :or

production. of other .similar cards.,y Ordi narily this?isfdone,byjstanding the cardsrv in wood` rectangular in ,cross section.and`

properly, 'smoothed'z' orr dressed. `A con-:-

venient size for most commercial purposes, is

about five inches wide'V and, two i-nchestlnck with a length of`aboutive feet.l With a post of this height m'ount'edon a. suitable basethe artist can easily" reach to thertopmost,

position without arisinjgfrom his seat,

The post l; may be rounded at the topand equipped with al suitable metaloarrying'and liftingringy 9), which is; preferably provided withthreaded shankscrewed into the top endo-f the post,v f s Y At the lowerend, the post isA out ontsquarei andy is .suitably bored forthereception ,ofl the spaced' tie bolts or rods 3',`which are threadedthro-ughout their lengths and screwed tightly intopsaid bores withsubstantially their lower halves extended beyond the end of the post. A`base member 4 is adapted to be used in connection with the post, saidbase being preferably formed, of suitable Wood and preferably ofrectangular form somewhat longer than Wide so as to provide asubstantial footing for the post,

A supplemental base member 5 formed of vwood and having the same shapethough Ysmaller dimensions, is mounted on the basel member .4, and isheld thereon by four screws located adjacent to each corner of the sup-;plemental base member, said screws passing yupwardly from. the lowerface of thebase I member and being screwed tightly into thek Ysupplemental member, with their heads countersunk in the lower face ofthe base, Vas in-l dicated at 5a in Figure 2 of the drawing.

The two base membersV 4, and 5 are provided With a pair of alinedpassageways 6V substantially half way t ceive the extended ends ofthetie` bolts or rods 3, which are secured to the post. The tie rods passfreely through the said pas- Sageways G and are not threaded therein,and

the location of the tie rods with relation to the post is such as toarrange the wide and narrow side faces of said ost in correspondingrelation to the Wi e and narrow sides of the base. y

The base member 4 is provided on its underface with sockets 7 arrangedconcentrically with the passagewa 7s and extending lirough said basemember, and the terminals ofthe tie rods ex-` tendinto said sockets for`the reception of suitablewing nuts 8 which `bear `against washers 9abutting againstthe inner end of the sockets. By tivhtly turning up thewing nuts the post is lbrought into tight, rigid relation to the base toprevent any rocking movement of the post u on the base.`

The narrower side `frzices of the post or standard 1 are each providedwith a series of opposed slots l0 which extend entirely across saidfaces, thus having open ends.

The slots extend inwardly and downwardly at an angle of aboutfifteendegrees, and are cut in to a depth sufiicinet to receive and tohold cardboard or other signsor cards and support the same, in inclinedposition, with out danger of breaking the edges of the same by reason oftheir Weight.

The slots 10 may be arran ed closely adjacent toeach other with su cientspace between to prevent breaking the wooden tongues thus formed betweenthe slots, and the widths of the slots may vary for difer ent kinds ofwork or one side of the post may be equipped with slots `of one size andthe other side may have larger or smallerslots,

as will be understood.

`F rom the foregoing it will be seen that a simple, chea ly-manufacturedand `strong and durable evice has been provided for use in `sign shopsor artists or photographers` studios, etc. for the purpose of holdingsigns, cards or photographic plates and similar articles While the saineare drying, that the device is designed to take up but a` small amountof Hoor space, that said articles are held in closely related positionwhile drying without danger' of contacting with each other and withoutdanger of being 'knocked n or blown about, the entire stand, whetherloaded or unloaded, being readily moved 55` from place to place by meansof the lifting or carrying ring. i

What is claimed is n A card drying stand com rising a wooden post havinga lifting an carryino' i ring mounted in the upper end thereof, saidpost havin", in its side faces, continuous series of spaced, open-endedslots inclining down` wardly and inwardly, a base having centrally-disposed, spaced apertures formed verti- 6.5

cally therein, spaced tie-rods having screwA threads throughout theirlengths and secured to and projecting from the lowerend of said post andadapted `to traverse the apertures in the base, said base having socketsin the lower face thereof and concentric with the apertures` andthumb-nuts threadedon the ends of the rods within said sockets totightly draw the post onto the base. In testimony, that I claim theforegoing as 7 my own, I have hereto afiixed my signature.

`CARL L; GESTRINE.

